Here is a rather stunning documentary about how many poor people with little or no opportunity are tricked into going to Dubai for great jobs only to have their passports taken from them, and offered literally slave wages and slave living conditions. This is not ‘like’ slavery, it is slavery. But the silence from unions and communists and all who gain their reputations and moral authority from “defending the working class” are stunningly silent. What are they doing instead with all that sanctimony? Why boycotting Israel of course. Israel, the one place in the entire middle east where workers enjoy freedom, strong unions, a wage that allows them to raise a family and live in a nice house and frankly achieve the dream of the working man from the first time one guy hired another to move his rocks around. Below this article about how Greek unions and communists spend their time and effort, is the video of The Slaves of Dubai. Then think about that in context of this documentary. I think these workers could use a little support.
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From the Jerusalem Post:
Photo by: Associated Press
Greece: El Al flight delayed by protest
By ASSOCIATED PRESS AND JPOST.COM STAFF
07/14/2010 14:50
Protest against Gaza policies blocks check-in counters in Athens.
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Members of a Communist-backed labor union said they blocked five El Al airline counters for two hours to protest the Israeli blockade of Gaza and the Jewish state’s “oppressive policies.”
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“This was an action taken in solidarity with the Palestinian people and their effort to establish a Palestinian state,” union spokesman Giorgos Pontikos told the AP.
He said police were present at the protest but did not intervene.
El Al representatives decided to stop check-in efforts for the flight yet once the protest ended, check-in procedures continued.
Athens airport officials said El Al flight 542 to Tel Aviv, on an Boeing 737 airplane departed from Athens two hours after the scheduled time, at 12:30 (0930GMT), with 99 passengers, after the protest ended without incident.
El Al released a statement saying that the flight and passenger’s security is the company’s utmost priority which would not be comprised in any situation. The airline stressed that at no point were passengers at risk of harm.
I guess the problems in Greece are not as bad as I thought if they are worried about other peoples problems.